Baling-press.



`A. WICKBY. vBALING PRESS. PPLIOATION FILED mlm 26,1911.

1,003,224, Patented sept. 12, A1911.

am a a' ANDREW WICKEY, O EAST CHICAG, INDIANA.

IBALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Sept, ft2, 1911.

Application sied Jurre 26, 1911. serial No. 635,2so.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW WICKEY, a` citizen of the United States, residing at East Chicago, county of Lake, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baling presses, and more particularly to that class of baling presses adapted for bailing waste paper and the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an upright press, open at the top and having a plunger' and improved plunger actuating means, whereby the plunger may be pressed downupon the contents of the press and raised above and shifted behind theupper end thereof to leave its top open for the reception of the materiallto be baled.

Another object is to provide plunger act uating mechanism having means whereby it may be lowered from said retracted position to the work, and having independent means for effecting the final compression of the material.,

Another lobject is to provide guiding 4means for the plunger, arranged to guidethe same in its movements in the compression chamber of the press and operating to swin it out of the way, beyond the open top of the compression chamber whcliever the plunger is raised out of said chan'lber.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of this specification and with these various objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the several novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts set forth in the specilication and particularly delined in the claims. The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing, furnished herewith, in which-- Figure l is a side elevation of a press embodying one form of my invention, Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, Il'ig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the press showing the plunger in full lines in its raised and tilted position, and in dotted lines in a` partially lowered position, certain parts of the plunger actuating nnchanism being removed for vthe purpose of illustrating parts that would' otherwise be hidden from view, Fig. 4 is a plan of the press partly brokenl away, Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. l, I` is a plan of certain plunger guiding means, and Fig. 7 is a detail horizontal section taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 2.

Referring to said drawing A, represents the body of the press, which asshowncomprises a base A, stationary end and rear walls a, a, and a door a2, hinged to one of the end walls a., as at a3. Said base and walls form the compression chamber of the press. The door may be swung open to expose the contents of the press, and locking mechanism is provided for holding the door in closed position, said locking mechanism being here shown as comprising arms t), pivot-ed upon the end walls of the press body and arranged to be swung into notches formed in the ends in angle iron reinforcing members (1.4, secured upon the door a?. Links b4, are pivotally connected to the outer ends of the arms l), and connecting the freeends of said links h1, is a vertical rod or handle b2, by means of which said links and arms may be moved into or-out of connection with the door. By swinging the links in front of the angle irons at, with the arms l), in the notches, the door is securely locked to the remainder of the press body. The walls and door are preferably reinforced by angle irons to strengthen and give rigidity to t-he same.

Associated with the compression chamber is a vertically and horizontally movable plunger C, which is adapted to be brought down upon the contents of the compression chamber, or raised up therefrom so as to,

leave the open top entirely free for the insertion of the material to be baled. Said plunger is carried by a' horizontal shaft c, which projects out through vertical slots al, in the end walls a., and bears pinions el, upon its ends which travel along and intermesh with the teeth of inverted L shaped rack ba rs d, (Z1, supported on the end walls of the press. A crank E, is secured to the shaft and furnishes means whereby t-he same may be turned to effect the raising, lowering and lateral shifting of the plunger. The rack bars a', are shown as pivotally sustained at.

their upper ends upon pins cl2, that project out from the pressl body, and each rack bar is curved back as at al, and then forward into a hoolelike formation d4. The pinion in reaching its lowermost position engages this hookflike end and swings the rack bar forward, past its dead center, locking the pinion therein against upward movement.

A back stop a8 confined between the press body and a strap' a9, secured thereto limits the backward swing of the rack bar d. It is quite obvious that by turning the crank in the direction of the arr iv w, the pinions c1, will be caused totraydlf. down the racks dnuntil they reach the curved portions d3, thereof, whereupon continuous rotation of the pinions'and their 'engagement with the curved endsd", will causevthe racks to be swung from the position shown in Fig. 3 tothe posit-ion shown in Fig. 1, the racks being thereby swung past thedead center, locking the pinions .in their loweimost position. rack (Z1, forms a continuation of the rack d, and, is shown as lying in a substantially horizontal plane, whereby the pinionsl 01, after they have reached their uppermost position may be caused to travel along said ra'ck to carry the plunger beyond the upper end of the compression chamber so as to expose the same. A guide strip d5, is secured upon each endwall and rack all, and overhangs the racks d, all, forming a continuation of the slot a7, and acting to hold the pinions c1, in mesh `with the racks d1.

The plunger C, is provided upon one -or both of its ends with a guide block c2, which has an outwardly projectinglug c, adapted to project out through the slot a7, in the end wall, and be guided therein so as to assist in A maintaining the plunger in horizontal posi- `chamber back upon its support, after it is raised out of the compressionchambei and moved back over the rear end thereof. The effect ofthis arrangement is that the weight swings the forward edge of the plunger upward so as to leave a free opening iii the upper end of the press for the insertion of material to be compressed.

The crank E, is employed to raise and lower the plunger, but when it is desired to put the fiiialicomp'ression upon the barle, I

employ pawl and ratchet mechanism in connection with thashaft C, and one or more levers for accomplishing this purpose. As

shown, the shaft c, bears at one or both of its ends a ratchet wheel c6, which, if desired,

The

may be. formed integral with the pinion o1, and adjacent to each ratchet wheel is a lever c7, which isfulcrunied upon the shaft and.

way down to its lowerrnost position, that is to say, at such times as the lever c7, is being swung back to take another hold on the ratchet. To avoid this, I provide a toothed detent 01, pivotally sustained upon the end wall of the press, and adapted for engagement with the teethrof the pinion 01. It is obvious that by swinging said toothed detent 01, into mesh with the teeth of the pinion c1, that retrograde movement thereof will be prevented when the lever c", is being raised to take another hold u on the ratchet. When the bale has been ully compressed, the door a2, is opened and the tie wire passed around the bale, after 'Which the plunger may be raised, and the bale ejected from the press.

I t is obvious that an exceedingly sim le, practical and licient press isthus provi ed, whereinsthe plunger may be readilymoved out of the way so as to leave an opening in the top of the press through which material,

.to be baled, may be thrown into,the same;

that when the compression chamber has been filled with such material, the plunger may be brought down thereu on to compress the same into'a small bo y, by simply turning the craiikll, in the proper direction; that the plunger may be returned to its original position and the compression chamber again filled to the top and the new material pressed down upon the first load. In this Way a large quantity of material can be baled into compact form.

The device is particularly useful in mercantile houses wheie agreatdeal vof waste' 4veiition, and I do not therefore desire to limit myself to the exact form of construction shown and described.

I' claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent:

'1. In a baling press, the combination of a press body' having an upright compression chaniber, a plunger movable therein and capable of being shifted laterally thereof, an angle shaped rack, supported on said press body, a pinion Carried by said plunger' and intermeshing With said rack, and means for rotating said pinion.

2. In a baling press, the combination of a press body having an upright compression chamber, a plunger movable therein and capable of being shifted laterali f thereof, a rack supported on said press body and having a vertical portion terminating at its upper end in a rearwardly extending horirontal portion, a pinion carried by said plunger, and means operatively connected with said pinion for turning the saine.

3. YIn a baling press, the combination of a press body having an upright Compression Chamber, a plunger movable therein and capable of being shifted late 'ally thereof, a' pair of movable .rack bars fulerunied at their upper ends to the press body and having hook like formations on their lower ends, horizontal rack-bars forming oontinuations of the movable rack bars at-their Lipper ends, a shaft carried by said plunger, pinions se cured upon said shaft and interineshing With said rack bars, and means for rotating said shaft.

4a.l In a baling press, the combination with a press body having an upright compression chamber, a pair of vertical rack bars, and a pair of horizontal rack barsjoining with said vertical rack bars at their upper ends, of a plunger having a weighted guide member at its rear side arranged to guide the plunger in its movements in the compression `Chamber and to tilt the ilunfer when moved out of lsaid compression chamber.

5. In a baling press, the combination with a press body having an upright compression chamber and having inverted L shaped guideways formed at the end walls thereof, of a plunger movable into andout of said compression chamber and having a guide block arranged to slide in the vertical por tion of said inverted L shaped slots, and Weighted guide blocks for tilting said plunger When itis lifted out of the compression chamber.

6. In a baling press, the combination with a press body having an upright compression chamber, a pair of vertical racks fulerumed at their upper ends to the press body' and having hook like formations at their lower ends, of a plunger movable in said Conipresf sion Chamber, a shaft carried by said plunger, pinions on said shaft and intermeshing with saidrack bars and arranged to engagecruined upon'said shaft, pawl and ratchetv mechanism between said leverv and shaft, and a toothed detent -fulcrumed upon the press body and arranged to engage one of said pinions to lock the saine against retro-l grade movement.

In a baling press, the combination of a press body having a compression chamber, inverted L shaped rack bars on the ends of thepress body, andin'verted L shaped guideways adjacent to said racks, of a plunger movable into and out of said eonipresslon chamber, a shaft carried by said plunger, pinions upon th'e ends of said shaft arranged to intermesh with said rack' bars and means for rotating said pinions in either direction.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my naine at East Chicago, Lake county, Indiana, this 22 day of June, 1911.

ANDREW WICKEY.

litnesses Gnonen W. Lewis, Bessin Bises. 

